vicinage

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Nor is vicinage necessary there, to distinguish the several customs of particular places, the whole country being as one neighborhood, and having the same tenures of land, usages and customs.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

For many miles around, the vicinage presents a volcanic aspect, wild, barren, howlingly dreary.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

The conception of a pomœrium as a "vicinage attached to" a city, appears to be something quite novel and original.

From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.

I might, of course, have waited for October to send Susan to a select private school in the vicinage, patronized by the little daughters of our more cautious families.

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson

To separate them, Sir Robert quickly carried his family back to Nithsdale, but Douglas as quickly followed, and lurked in the vicinage for some months, clandestinely meeting his love among "Maxwelton's bonnie braes."

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)